NEW Gloucestershire hero Will Tavare has revealed how a chat with his uncle, former England batsman Chris Tavare, helped resurrect his cricket career. Henleaze-based Tavare has made a fairytale start since joining his home county, scoring two centuries
COURAGEOUS firefighters from Cotswold Airport have been given an award by a leading fire training centre for saving the life of a pilot after his a plane crashed and exploded in a ball of fire. They have received an International Fire Training
RESIDENTS in Lea and Cleverton have launched a campaign to reverse Wiltshire Council’s plan to bin the county’s mini recycling centres. Their parish council claims the decision has been taken on purely financial grounds and says banks at Lea are
POLICE in Stroud are concerned for the welfare of a man who was reported missing last week. Tom Bruder, 58, was last seen in the Lord John pub on Monday (April 28). All of his belongings were found at his home address on London Road in the
THOSE earning a second income through self-employed work should declare their income to HMRC or risk significant fines and prosecution, according to chartered management accounts firm. Last week HMRC launched its Second Incomes Campaign, targeting
FUNDING for rural businesses, a major highways repair programme and community grants are up for discussion at tonight’s Malmesbury Area Board. The Wiltshire Council meeting, which is open to the public starts at 7pm at Crudwell Village Hall.
DARING fundraisers are taking part in a sponsored abseil inside the tower at St Sampson’s Church at the start of Britain’s longest-running door-to door fundraising week. Three generations of one family, a bishop and a father and son are among those
SOUTH Cerney Parish Council is urging people to hush their dogs during the night. The call comes after a complaint from an unknown resident from the village about neighbour's barking dogs stopping them from getting any sleep. A spokesman for
CHEDWORTH has been named as one of the Sunday Times top 30 places to buy a second home in the UK. But the ranking is far from good news according to one worried councillor who said he wanted new arrivals from outside the village to stay away.
A TETBURY community group is giving a Cheltenham cancer support charity a healthy boost with a £3,000 donation. The cash from the Tetbury Lions will be given to Maggie’s to fund its nutrition programme which provides eating advice for those suffering
A WILTSHIRE couple has warned that a redevelopment of Westonbirt Arboretum could scare away visitors. Marion Gee, from Sherston, and her husband Douglas, who is disabled, are regular visitors to the woodland. When a new welcome building opens
YOUNGSTERS hoping to land a career in aviation were given first hand flight experience as part of a course at Cotsworld Airport this month. Through the Aviation Scholarships, cadets aged between 14 and 18 flew solo in a variety of aircraft such
WHEN Dawn Malcock was eight she joined St John the Baptist Church Choir in Shipton Moyne as her AA mechanic father needed somewhere for her to go while he was at work. On Easter Sunday she clocked up 70 years with the choir and will celebrate the
HARRY MEADE lines up for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials this week after making an inspirational recovery from elbow injuries so serious that one consultant said the shattered bone resembled grains of sand. It was on August Bank Holiday
CIRENCESTER TOWN scrapped all season with Welsh non-league giants Merthyr Town before eventually claiming the Calor Div One South and West title on the final day. The club have nonetheless taken a little bit of Wales to their hearts – goalkeeper
